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RIP Sonny Chiba
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2021/08/19/films/sonny-chiba-obit/Shinichi “Sonny” Chiba died at a hospital in Kimitsu, Chiba Prefecture, on Thursday. He was 82 years old.
The actor had reportedly contracted COVID-19 at the end of last month and was treated without being hospitalized, according to Japanese media reports. His pneumonia worsened, however, and he was hospitalized on Aug. 8.
